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what does harry reid do? >> in this case, he represented the interests of his caucus and signed off on a deal that got the democrats a ton of stuff. >> okay. again, you -- i don't fault mitch mcconnell, because mitch mcconnell was dealing with a democratic senate. >> but he could have vetoed -- he could have filibustered the whole thing. >> and tax rates would have gone up for everybody. >> mitch mcconnell chose to be a quiet statesman, didn't see him on camera or he didn't meet face to face with joe biden, but he's the reason we have this agreement. i wonder what his view is of decoupling the -- >> maybe there was a deal he cut. >> maybe he has an idea of how this gives them more leverage in the next round. >> i don't expect much from republican senators. i love them. i love them. i don't expect them to be fiscal hawks. >> he is so difficult, usually, so there must have been a deal cut. he's so difficult. he's impossible. >> to get something through a democratic senate, that is far more difficult than john b
what does harry reid do? >> in this case, he represented the interests of his caucus and signed off on a deal that got the democrats a ton of stuff. >> okay. again, you -- i don't fault mitch mcconnell, because mitch mcconnell was dealing with a democratic senate. >> but he could have vetoed -- he could have filibustered the whole thing. >> and tax rates would have gone up for everybody. >> mitch mcconnell chose to be a quiet statesman, didn't see him on camera or...
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all that was on harry reid's desk. this was a crisis of harry reid's making. it was because of the inaction in the senate that we found ourselves here on new year's eve and new year's day taking these actions, so the house is saying no more. >> one last question. >> we are not going to put up with this. >> one more question on the raw polit politics. recent tradition, the hastert rule. the speaker wouldn't take something to the floor unless it had majority. this bill did not. a majority of house republicans voted against this bill. awfully perilous for a house speaker. you told us you didn't think speaker boehner was in jeopardy. has that position changed? is he in a worse position than he was yesterday? >> no, i think people appreciated the fact that he allowed the house to work is will and allowed members to vote. we're all elected by the 660,000 people in our district. overwhelmingly. people have said, all right, you are to get the spending under control. you are to put this nation back on the pathway to fiscal health. and that's why so many members of the
all that was on harry reid's desk. this was a crisis of harry reid's making. it was because of the inaction in the senate that we found ourselves here on new year's eve and new year's day taking these actions, so the house is saying no more. >> one last question. >> we are not going to put up with this. >> one more question on the raw polit politics. recent tradition, the hastert rule. the speaker wouldn't take something to the floor unless it had majority. this bill did not....
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then they go on with mitch mcconnell, harry reid, they reach an impasse and they failed to reach a deal. it isn't the only democrats and republicans anywhere near possible of working with each other is mitch mcconnell and the vice president, joe biden. the deal that they have cut have been mostly deals that have extended our current tax rates a couple of years until they expired last night. and for unemployment insurance extension and things that have taken a hit. this latest deal deals with a tax cut. with the stroke of midnight hit -- as far as the debt and deficit, dealing with entitlements, none of that has really been touched. none of many of the leaders have a very difficult time even getting together the way that the president described it as chipping away. the next move is smaller moves to address the deficit as opposed to the grand bargain of folks have been talking about. the president and the speaker then attempting negotiation in 2011. diane: did they work with something as big as the debt ceiling when i. >> it could work. it all depends. you're going to get the replay unles
then they go on with mitch mcconnell, harry reid, they reach an impasse and they failed to reach a deal. it isn't the only democrats and republicans anywhere near possible of working with each other is mitch mcconnell and the vice president, joe biden. the deal that they have cut have been mostly deals that have extended our current tax rates a couple of years until they expired last night. and for unemployment insurance extension and things that have taken a hit. this latest deal deals with a...
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go ahead. >> the reason we took this to the edge is because harry reid can't pass a budget out of the senate. if washington was working fine, the budgets would pass in april lake they do every year, we would spend the next six months discussing it and be on the floor in november in a conference report and these situations would be avoided. >> to brad's point, i would not let it go -- it's like a debate. i think you get a minute here to respond. but john boehner has taken the lion's share of blame for plan "b", was harry reid, at the end of the day, the deal came to be mcconnell and biden cut the deal. what was reid's role? did he play the role he should have played? >> i think he played the role. i think the role is, we need to get a deal. we need to save middle class families from having their taxes go up. whether you're at the forefront or you're huddled back with your troops, making sure you've got the votes, i think he gets that credit. >> i will say, an 89-8 vote in the senate, they almost never vote that overwhelmingly. brad mentioned this, i want to play something. brad said he
go ahead. >> the reason we took this to the edge is because harry reid can't pass a budget out of the senate. if washington was working fine, the budgets would pass in april lake they do every year, we would spend the next six months discussing it and be on the floor in november in a conference report and these situations would be avoided. >> to brad's point, i would not let it go -- it's like a debate. i think you get a minute here to respond. but john boehner has taken the lion's...
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in particular, the work done by by extraordinary vice-president, joe biden, as well as leader harry reid, speaker boehner, nancy pelosi, and mitch mcconnell. everybody worked very hard on this. i appreciated. -- appreicate it. under this law, more than 98% of americans and 97% of small businesses will not to their income taxes go up. millions of families will continue to receive tax breaks to help raise their kids and send them to college. companies will continue to receive tax credits with the research they do, the investments they make, and the clean energy jobs they create. to million americans are out -- who are out of work but are out there looking pounding the pavement every day, will continue to receive unemployment benefits, as long as they are actively looking for a job. but i think we all recognize this law is just one step in the broader effort to strengthen our economy and brought an opportunity for everybody. the fact is, the deficit, is still too high. we are still investing too little in the things that we need for the economy to grow as fast as it should. that is why spea
in particular, the work done by by extraordinary vice-president, joe biden, as well as leader harry reid, speaker boehner, nancy pelosi, and mitch mcconnell. everybody worked very hard on this. i appreciated. -- appreicate it. under this law, more than 98% of americans and 97% of small businesses will not to their income taxes go up. millions of families will continue to receive tax breaks to help raise their kids and send them to college. companies will continue to receive tax credits with the...
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reid was slow walking him a little bit. we got into sunday and the majority leader said i don't -- i don't really have a counteroffer i can make to you at this point. and mcconnell takes to the floor and said the majority leader is not negotiating with me so i called joe biden, and i have this nice little scene. national journal did an exhaustive reconstruction of these last few months. and mitch mcconnell is on the floor, and he is given a card that says hey there's a phone call for you. he picks up a phone in a phone booth, and it's the vice president. and he tries to persuade, joe biden, saying hey, i need a dance partner here would you come off of the sidelines. and he said you know the trip wire here. biden says let me get back to you with an offer. and that started the deal. >> jennifer: right so then it goes over, of course to the house, and it looks like at first that the house is going to say hell no! we're going to send it back to you with amendments because we don't like that you don't have spending cuts. what ha
reid was slow walking him a little bit. we got into sunday and the majority leader said i don't -- i don't really have a counteroffer i can make to you at this point. and mcconnell takes to the floor and said the majority leader is not negotiating with me so i called joe biden, and i have this nice little scene. national journal did an exhaustive reconstruction of these last few months. and mitch mcconnell is on the floor, and he is given a card that says hey there's a phone call for you. he...
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politico reports on an encounter between speaker boehner and harry reid in the white house lobby. go [ bleep ] yourself, boehner sniped, as he pointed his finger at reid, according to multiple sources present. speaker boehner refused to bring forward a bill funding emergency aid for victims of superstorm sandy. this is how republican peter king responded this morning. >> john boehner has been personally helpful over the years, so it pains me to say this, but the fact is, the dismissive attitude that was shown last night towards new york, new jersey, connecticut, typifies, i believe, a strain in the republican party. we cannot believe that this cruel knife in the back was delivered to our region. >> now, unfortunately, these leaders will still need to work together, and soon. with one deadline down last night, the president has already begun positioning himself for the next fight. >> we'll negotiate over many things. i will not have another debate with this congress over whether or not they should pay the bills that they've already racked up through the laws that they passed. let m
politico reports on an encounter between speaker boehner and harry reid in the white house lobby. go [ bleep ] yourself, boehner sniped, as he pointed his finger at reid, according to multiple sources present. speaker boehner refused to bring forward a bill funding emergency aid for victims of superstorm sandy. this is how republican peter king responded this morning. >> john boehner has been personally helpful over the years, so it pains me to say this, but the fact is, the dismissive...
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reid, speaker boehner, nancy pelosi and mitch mcconnell. everybody worked very hard on this, and i appreciate it. joe, once again, i want to thank you for your great work. under this law, 90% of americans and 97% of small businesses will not see their income taxes go up. millions of families will continue to receive tax credits to help raise their kids and send them to college. companies will continue to receive tax credits for the research that they do, and then spends they make, and a clean energy jobs they create. the americans out of work but out there looking, pounding the pavement every day, are going to continue to receive unemployment benefits as long as they are actively looking for a job. but, i think we all recognize that this law is just one step in the broader effort to strengthen our economy and brought an opportunity for everybody. the fact is, the deficit is still too high. and we are still investing too little in the things that we need for the economy to grow as fast as it should. that's why speaker boehner and i originall
reid, speaker boehner, nancy pelosi and mitch mcconnell. everybody worked very hard on this, and i appreciate it. joe, once again, i want to thank you for your great work. under this law, 90% of americans and 97% of small businesses will not see their income taxes go up. millions of families will continue to receive tax credits to help raise their kids and send them to college. companies will continue to receive tax credits for the research that they do, and then spends they make, and a clean...
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reid was sitting on the couch next to mitch mcconnell and the house speaker said to harry reid, go blank yourself, and the blank starts with an "f." and reid laughed it off and did not take it seriously. a republican that was there said that was not what happened and the exchange continued and it didn't get better for reid. what is interesting is not only did this happen, both men appeared to be eager to share the story with their colleagues. reid shared it with his democratic caucus in a meeting and the same for the house speaker, he told some of his colleagues as well. i just bumped into a lawmaker saying the speaker was relaying the incident, and it's not the first time the blank word has been used in the halls of the white house and congress, and it shows the fact that we are at january 2nd, and congress really has not gone home. >> what kind of relationship, dana, has these two men had, the speaker of the house and senate majority leader over the years? >> reporter: at times it was productive, a year and a half ago the first real showdown we had when boehner became speaker was about
reid was sitting on the couch next to mitch mcconnell and the house speaker said to harry reid, go blank yourself, and the blank starts with an "f." and reid laughed it off and did not take it seriously. a republican that was there said that was not what happened and the exchange continued and it didn't get better for reid. what is interesting is not only did this happen, both men appeared to be eager to share the story with their colleagues. reid shared it with his democratic caucus...
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reid. this happened before the deal had been reached, i should point out. according to politico, boehner had strong words for the senate majority leader quote, go f yourself boehner. as he pointed his finger at reid. reid a bit startled replied what are you talking about and boehner then repeated it. go f yourself. they didn't cut the deal. in the end it was vice president biden and the senate majority leader. what does this say about the inability to work together? >> i also like the fact according to that story that boehner then went around bragging to everybody he said that to reid. i think they were both at the bottom of the food chain here of decision makers. they were fighting at the bottom of the chain while mitch mcconnell and joe biden were putting together the deal. i think both boehner and reid in a way were powerless in this decision for obvious reasons. and they -- the white house -- i was told by david plouffe o month ago that he much rather would prefer to work with mcconnell
reid. this happened before the deal had been reached, i should point out. according to politico, boehner had strong words for the senate majority leader quote, go f yourself boehner. as he pointed his finger at reid. reid a bit startled replied what are you talking about and boehner then repeated it. go f yourself. they didn't cut the deal. in the end it was vice president biden and the senate majority leader. what does this say about the inability to work together? >> i also like the...
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mitch mcconnell, the senate's top republican ditched harry reid, his counterpart across the aisle, and asked to negotiate exclusively with biden. the two men talked around the clock on the phone after midnight on monday and at 6:00 later that morning. >> i appreciate the vice president's willingness to get this done for the country. >> reporter: it was the second time in two weeks that the president put his number two in charge. >> the president asked me to convene this meeting with you. >> reporter: last month the vice president was asked to attack the gun law. after his public gaffes hi was asked to limit his role essentially benching the vice president after he jumped the gun and endorsed same-sex marriage. >> i'm absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men and women marrying women are entitled to the same exact rights, all the civility rights. >> reporter: that forced the president to change his position on it early already than planned. and then people were outraged when he said this about mitt romney to an african-american audience. >> he's going to let the big ban
mitch mcconnell, the senate's top republican ditched harry reid, his counterpart across the aisle, and asked to negotiate exclusively with biden. the two men talked around the clock on the phone after midnight on monday and at 6:00 later that morning. >> i appreciate the vice president's willingness to get this done for the country. >> reporter: it was the second time in two weeks that the president put his number two in charge. >> the president asked me to convene this...
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harry reid wasn't thrilled that biden swooped in at the last minute. he felt they had max rum leverage and should force republicans to take a vote on raising taxes on people that make over $250,000, instead of the $450,000 limit we saw on the deal. >> a lot being made on the fact that they basically reset the line for rich at $450,000 in america, and the president said it was $250,000. median income in america, $55,000. you think about what a big gap that is. business insider railing, saying that rich people got off pretty easily in this deal. interesting argument about who won, who lost. >> and the television of rich, right? that's the big debate. >> yeah, this really is. >>> nine minutes past the hour here. new york area lawmakers up in arms after the house failed to vote on funding for victims of superstorm sandy. republican leaders wrapped up without acting. >> the leadership walked away without saying they didn't have time to deal with the millions whose lives were affected. maybe you should remind americans that maybe they should call and ask the
harry reid wasn't thrilled that biden swooped in at the last minute. he felt they had max rum leverage and should force republicans to take a vote on raising taxes on people that make over $250,000, instead of the $450,000 limit we saw on the deal. >> a lot being made on the fact that they basically reset the line for rich at $450,000 in america, and the president said it was $250,000. median income in america, $55,000. you think about what a big gap that is. business insider railing,...
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harry reid said back to boehner. what are you talking about. boehner repeated verbatim, go f yourself. this is indication of the poison atmosphere up here. when the sequestration runs out next few months and congress must vote to increase the debt ceiling. it appears speaker boehner is fwirding for a fight on both fronts in a statement that he issued last night. he said in part, quote, now the focus turns to spending. the american people reelected a republican majority in the house and we will use it in 2013 to hold the president accountable for the quote, balanced approach he promised. meaning significant spending cuts and reforms to entitlement programs that are driving our country deeper and deeper into debt. the president last night indicate he is open to come promy to spending cuts but drew a line when it comes to the debt ceiling. here's the president. >> now, one last point i want to make. while i will negotiate over many things, i will not have another debate with this congress over whether or not they should pay the bills that they hav
harry reid said back to boehner. what are you talking about. boehner repeated verbatim, go f yourself. this is indication of the poison atmosphere up here. when the sequestration runs out next few months and congress must vote to increase the debt ceiling. it appears speaker boehner is fwirding for a fight on both fronts in a statement that he issued last night. he said in part, quote, now the focus turns to spending. the american people reelected a republican majority in the house and we will...
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reid, speaker boehner, nancy pelosi and mitch mcconnell. everyone worked really hard and once again, joe, i want to thank you for your great work. under this law more than 98 % of americans and 97% of small businesses will not see their income taxes go up. millions of families will continue to receive tax credits to help raise their kids and send them to college. companies will continue to receive tax credits for the research they do, the investments they make and the clean energy jobs they create. and 2 million americans who are out of work but out there looking pounding the pavement every day are going to continue to receive unemployment benefits as long as they're actively looking for a job. but i think we all recognize this law is just one step in the broader effort to strengthen our economy and broaden opportunity for everybody. the fact is the deficit is still too high. and we're still investing too little in the things that we need for the economy to grow as fast as it should. and that's why speaker boehner and i originally tried to
reid, speaker boehner, nancy pelosi and mitch mcconnell. everyone worked really hard and once again, joe, i want to thank you for your great work. under this law more than 98 % of americans and 97% of small businesses will not see their income taxes go up. millions of families will continue to receive tax credits to help raise their kids and send them to college. companies will continue to receive tax credits for the research they do, the investments they make and the clean energy jobs they...
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harry reid and john boehner met, and john boehner greeted harry reid by saying -- he went full cheney -- he said go f yourself. harry reid responded what are you talking about? and boehner repeated go f yourself. >> bill: republicans said that in the white house? >> in the white house. >> bill: george bush would not have been happy with that. he maintained a stricter level of decor um around the oval office. is it worth it? yeah, probably. i would have voted for it. it doesn't give us everything we wanted. crazy -- insane to define middle class americans as anybody making under $400,000 a year. the bad news is this is only going to give us temporary relief. we'll be back into in another month, in another two months, maybe two different battles coming up, and that means this gang of republican hoods in the house of representatives will still be able to muck up the mess. i don't know if it is possible for congress to get a zero approval rating but they are well on their way. it was 9 to 10% before this. >> yeah, who thinks they did a good job with this? >> bill: yeah that republicans in
harry reid and john boehner met, and john boehner greeted harry reid by saying -- he went full cheney -- he said go f yourself. harry reid responded what are you talking about? and boehner repeated go f yourself. >> bill: republicans said that in the white house? >> in the white house. >> bill: george bush would not have been happy with that. he maintained a stricter level of decor um around the oval office. is it worth it? yeah, probably. i would have voted for it. it doesn't...
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yesterday who would have thought that after senator mcconnell, harry reid, 40 republican senators, 89 senators come to an agreement with the president of the united states and the vice president of the united states that this would still be up for grabs? the conventional wisdom was we could get this done fairly simply and quickly. but you have this extremism among the house republicans. they will invent any excuse they can find to get to no. we would like to get to yes. and i hope we can do that this evening. >> now, after this fight is over on the fiscal cliff, what opinions should americans have of congress? >> well, they should have low opinions of congress. western sent here to get things done. we were sent here to state our disagreements and move on. americans have every right to be frustrated with the house republican caucus that has been about obstruction, refused to compromise. that won't even take yes for an answer when we give them what they want. they have every right to be frustrated with a congress here. >> thank you so much. steve israel, thank you. we'll have the latest
yesterday who would have thought that after senator mcconnell, harry reid, 40 republican senators, 89 senators come to an agreement with the president of the united states and the vice president of the united states that this would still be up for grabs? the conventional wisdom was we could get this done fairly simply and quickly. but you have this extremism among the house republicans. they will invent any excuse they can find to get to no. we would like to get to yes. and i hope we can do...
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reid, speaker boehner, nancy pelosi and mitch mcconnell. everyone worked really hard and once again, joe, i want to thank you for your great work. under this law more than 98 % of americans and 97% of small businesses will not see their income taxes go up. millions of families will continue to receive tax credits to help raise their kids and send them to college. companies will continue to receive tax credits for the research they do, the investments they make and the clean energy jobs they create. and 2 million americans who are out of work but out there looking pounding the pavement every day are going to continue to receive unemployment benefits as long as they're actively looking for a job. but i think we all recognize this law is just one step in the broader effort to strengthen our economy and broaden opportunity for everybody. the fact is the deficit is still too high. and we're still investing too little in the things that we need for the economy to grow as fast as it should. and that's why speaker boehner and i originally tried to
reid, speaker boehner, nancy pelosi and mitch mcconnell. everyone worked really hard and once again, joe, i want to thank you for your great work. under this law more than 98 % of americans and 97% of small businesses will not see their income taxes go up. millions of families will continue to receive tax credits to help raise their kids and send them to college. companies will continue to receive tax credits for the research they do, the investments they make and the clean energy jobs they...
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reid, speaker boehner, nancy pelosi and mitch mcconnell. everyone worked really hard and once again, joe, i want to thank you for your great work. under this law more than 98 % of americans and 97% of small businesses will not see their income taxes go up. millions of families will continue to receive tax credits to help raise their kids and send them to college. companies will continue to receive tax credits for the research they do, the investments they make and the clean energy jobs they create. and 2 million americans who are out of work but out there looking pounding the pavement every day are going to continue to receive unemployment benefits as long as they're actively looking for a job. but i think we all recognize this law is just one step in the broader effort to strengthen our economy and broaden opportunity for everybody. the fact is the deficit is still too high. and we're still investing too little in the things that we need for the economy to grow as fast as it should. and that's why speaker boehner and i originally tried to
reid, speaker boehner, nancy pelosi and mitch mcconnell. everyone worked really hard and once again, joe, i want to thank you for your great work. under this law more than 98 % of americans and 97% of small businesses will not see their income taxes go up. millions of families will continue to receive tax credits to help raise their kids and send them to college. companies will continue to receive tax credits for the research they do, the investments they make and the clean energy jobs they...
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it's a demonstration of the bad faith that this president and harry reid and the gang over there have negotiated in. >> you had me until you blamed everything on the democrats. there's no republicans responsible for any of this? >> one more time. if you were going to engage in the rhetoric of the balanced approach and the final piece of legislation that marches over to the house spends more money -- >> right. >> -- how is that even close? >> fair enough. it's now the 11th hour was last night. it's now beyond the 11th hour. what's going to happen tonight? is this bill to attempt to amend the senate plan going to work or are you going to have an up and down vote and if you are going to have an up and down vote, you're not voting for it, right? >> at this point i have no idea where the whip count is on trying to change some of the mechanics within the sequestration so they actually have better longer term cost savings, which -- but with that, it's also the bill will move forward. i am going to vote no. i am absolutely going to vote no. part of this actually breaks my heart because i was
it's a demonstration of the bad faith that this president and harry reid and the gang over there have negotiated in. >> you had me until you blamed everything on the democrats. there's no republicans responsible for any of this? >> one more time. if you were going to engage in the rhetoric of the balanced approach and the final piece of legislation that marches over to the house spends more money -- >> right. >> -- how is that even close? >> fair enough. it's now...
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reid, and -- what is it getting to be? 21 hours or so ago? 89 to 8, an extraordinary vote with only five republicans and democrats in the senate voting against that. we thought that the bill -- really, just enormous margin almost unheard of margin coming into the house. john boehner would be able to point at that and say look we'll be able to fight another day. the writing on the wall. let's put it on the floor, in two month's time there will be opportunities for us to really push for the spending cuts that many of his rank and file thought were lacking in this bill. obviously, they will still look for that. it didn't come easy we had a lot of drama over the course of the day. look at the vote spread now, 104 to 56 69 to five look at the democrats lining up in the leadership. that is fairly extraordinary. i'm looking down at the monitor here. things appear to be on a glide path here for passage of this bill, making its way to the president's desk. >> ten more votes, i think, vic as we watch it go down the column there. the
reid, and -- what is it getting to be? 21 hours or so ago? 89 to 8, an extraordinary vote with only five republicans and democrats in the senate voting against that. we thought that the bill -- really, just enormous margin almost unheard of margin coming into the house. john boehner would be able to point at that and say look we'll be able to fight another day. the writing on the wall. let's put it on the floor, in two month's time there will be opportunities for us to really push for the...
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harry reid, his aide senate democrats have been adamant. they're not going to touch an amended version of this deal that was brored between republican leader and the vice president. option 2 is to pass that senate passed bill on the house floor. if it comes to that. if house leaders can't muster 217 votes for that amendment which is what they were just whipping on the floor, sampling their members to see where the support is, if they can't get the 217 they've said, fine, it's a senate passed bill. the problem for house leaders is there will probably be only about 50 republican votes for it. that means that john boehner and eric cantor turnroundnd rely on house democratic leader nancy pelosi for the remaining 150, 160 votes. they'd be counting on the demate karates to push that bill home. >> woodruff: todd, why after a majority of republicans in the senate voted for this last night or early this morning, why are house republicans having such a hard time with it? >> well, we we just have to keep remembering that the house and the senate are v
harry reid, his aide senate democrats have been adamant. they're not going to touch an amended version of this deal that was brored between republican leader and the vice president. option 2 is to pass that senate passed bill on the house floor. if it comes to that. if house leaders can't muster 217 votes for that amendment which is what they were just whipping on the floor, sampling their members to see where the support is, if they can't get the 217 they've said, fine, it's a senate passed...
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reid speaker boehner, nancy pelosi and mitch mcconnell. >> reporter: but many house republicans were angry that this deal worked out by the white house and the senate did not include serious spending cuts. >> i'm unwilling to gag down a deal, a bill they've sent over here that's unacceptable. >> reporter: in the end they did not have the votes to change it and everyone acknowledged that this deal sets the stage for a big showdown over spending with a vote to raise the debt ceiling coming sometime in the next two months. >> the problem is we set up three more fiscal cliffs. >> reporter: one thing this bill doesn't address is the sequester, those across-the-board indiscriminate spending cuts to both defense and non-defense agencies. the bill just pushes off those cuts for two months so you're going to see congress and the white house fighting right away about how to replace the sequester with more sensible cuts once and for all. >> nancy cordes thanks nancy. >>> shortly after the house vote president obama got on a plane to resume his christmas vacation in hawaii but first he complaine
reid speaker boehner, nancy pelosi and mitch mcconnell. >> reporter: but many house republicans were angry that this deal worked out by the white house and the senate did not include serious spending cuts. >> i'm unwilling to gag down a deal, a bill they've sent over here that's unacceptable. >> reporter: in the end they did not have the votes to change it and everyone acknowledged that this deal sets the stage for a big showdown over spending with a vote to raise the debt...
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reid, speaker boehner, nancy pelosi, and mitch mcconnell. everybody worked hard on this, and i appreciate it. i want to thank you for your hard work. under this law, 98% of americans and 97% of small businesses will not see income taxes go up. millions of families will receive tax credits. companies will continue to receive tax credits for the research they do and a clean energy jobs they create. 2 million americans who were out of work cut out there on the pavement every day are going to continue to receive unemployment benefits as long as they are actively looking for a job, but i think we recognize this is one step in the broader effort to strengthen our economy and brought an opportunity for everybody. the fact is the deficit is still too high, and we are still investing too little in the things that we need for the economy to grow as fast as it should. that is why speaker dinner and i originally tried to negotiate a larger agreed -- speaker boehner and i originally tried to negotiate a larger deal while providing investments in areas li
reid, speaker boehner, nancy pelosi, and mitch mcconnell. everybody worked hard on this, and i appreciate it. i want to thank you for your hard work. under this law, 98% of americans and 97% of small businesses will not see income taxes go up. millions of families will receive tax credits. companies will continue to receive tax credits for the research they do and a clean energy jobs they create. 2 million americans who were out of work cut out there on the pavement every day are going to...